11.30am Friday 26 April 2013
Its 11.30, we’ve finished racing
stage 2, we’re showered clean, Dan the mechanic has cleaned, degreased and
applied the Fenwicks lube, and now were chilling out in the shade waiting for
lunch. All we have to do now for the rest of the day is relax and recover which
is good news because today’s 91 kilometres of racing was hard work and tomorrow
we have 130 kilometres to do.
Tim and me got separated
somewhere within the first 10km’s as puddle terror took hold of the peloton. Puddle
terror is something we see at most races, everyone slam on the brakes in an
effort to avoid getting wet feet, it’s pretty funny really but can be quite
dangerous when you’re riding in a tight bunch. As we got separated Tim ended up
on the wrong side of the split as a lead group developed and pulled away, after
a few kilometres I had to drop back to assist my team mate.
A puncture later on Tim’s front
wheel dropped us from the 2nd group and left us with work to do.
Just before the final feed around the 60km mark we bridged the gap to the 2nd
group again and we then just tried to limit our losses to the leading group. We
lost 5 minutes in the end but still finished 8th overall and 6th
in category so pretty good considering. Just outside the money! We were the top
Itec Connect sponsored team so it feels good to pay back some of their
commitment to us.
There was some awesome
singletrack today, the last 10 kilometres was all singletrack, it was just a
shame we were too tired to really enjoy it. I’m glad I’ve got the Scott Spark
full suss to ride, the trails and even the fireroads are really bumpy, Tim’s
riding his hardtail and I’m sure he’s going to fatigue much quicker because of
it.
Tomorrow hopefully we’ll have a
smoother ride, I do wonder though how my legs will cope after today’s huge
efforts. Anyway off to lunch now, the meals here at Joberg2c are amazing, we
are being spoilt and really did have the best steak EVER last night. The race
briefing last night was also good entertainment, the organisers really do just
want you to have as much fun as possible.
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